What all "murder mansion" stories want to be when they grow up
This took the "murder mansion" trope somewhere totally unexpected. Scandalous, violent, and full of unexpectedly dark, bizarre, and unpredictable twists, this book kept me insatiably curious up until the last page.
The beginning was rather slow, with the first four days laying groundwork and leaving the protagonist unsure and often guessing. But as the days went on and we met more and more characters (or even just the darker side of characters we already knew), the tension and my own curiosity ramped up.
The three big reveals in the last act did not really work for me, though. Daniel, the nature of Blackheath, and Thomas's killer all sort of felt like too much. It grew too complicated and ridiculous. Part of me wanted certain things to remain unknown. And Anna's past was disregarded too quickly (or perhaps revealed too late) to really give it the weight it needed.
That being said, this book is everything a murder mansion story wants to be when it grows up, and I look forward to seeing more from Stuart Turton
The beginning was rather slow, with the first four days laying groundwork and leaving the protagonist unsure and often guessing. But as the days went on and we met more and more characters (or even just the darker side of characters we already knew), the tension and my own curiosity ramped up.
The three big reveals in the last act did not really work for me, though. Daniel, the nature of Blackheath, and Thomas's killer all sort of felt like too much. It grew too complicated and ridiculous. Part of me wanted certain things to remain unknown. And Anna's past was disregarded too quickly (or perhaps revealed too late) to really give it the weight it needed.
That being said, this book is everything a murder mansion story wants to be when it grows up, and I look forward to seeing more from Stuart Turton